Accused meth dealer tells police he is cutting back on sales

LAFAYETTE — Twenty-seven-year-old Cory Andrew Bryant told police he's slowed down on dealing meth — only when people ask him for it, according to an affidavit that accompanied his dealing meth charge.

Police arrested Bryant, 2687 Soule Drive, Lafayette, about 10:45 p.m. Saturday after receiving a report of a drug law violation in the 400 block of South Fifth Street, according to the affidavit.

Bryant's car wouldn't start, stranding him on South Fifth Street, where police found him.

He carried a backpack to a nearby house, and wouldn't let an officer search it because "it may contain something illegal," according to the affidavit.

Bryant eventually allowed police to look inside the backpack, and he was right.

Police found 20 syringes, straws, metal spoons with burnt residue, a glass pipe, dime-bag baggies, scales and two baggies with meth, according to the affidavit.

Inside Bryant's car, police found marijuana and heroin, according to the affidavit.

On Tuesday, prosecutors charged Bryant with dealing methamphetamine, possession of meth, possession of heroin, unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

He remained incarcerated Tuesday afternoon at the Tippecanoe County Jail, according to jail records.